A North Carolina man who won $5,000 with a scratch-off lottery ticket said he was “extremely happy and surprised” to learn he’d won another $100,000 just two weeks later. Henry Harvey II, a store manager from Spring Lake, won the second prize after buying a $25 Extreme Cash ticket. He bought it from the same
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Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar on Sunday said Major League Baseball’s decision to pull its all-star game from Atlanta in response to Georgia’s new restrictive voting law adds to a history of boycotts that have pushed for justice. “We know that boycotts have allowed for justice to be delivered in many spaces. The civil rights movement
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Michigan reported 8,413 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the state’s total pandemic case count to 692,206, according to the state’s health department. Saturday’s daily case count is the highest the state has reported since December 7, when the reported case count was 9,350, state statistics show. Just eight weeks ago, state data showed the
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Hunter Biden says he is fully cooperating with the Justice Department’s investigation into his business dealings in China and predicted that he will be cleared of any wrong doing in the probe. “I can say this, is I’m cooperating, completely. And I’m absolutely certain, 100% certain, that at the end of the investigation, that I
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Click here for updates on this story HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Henderson County beekeeper Jim Poe says he has just under 1 million bees in his backyard. “I like to say I’m bee evangelizing, telling people about bees,” Poe said. The Director of External Communications for the Henderson County Beekeepers’ Association says he is
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Mississippi’s Republican governor said Sunday that he doesn’t support the potential use of so-called Covid-19 vaccine passports in his state, calling the credentials that could be key to a return to normalcy by the end of the year unnecessary. “I don’t support vaccine passports. I don’t think it’s necessary and I don’t think it’s a
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Atlanta-area drivers are used to sitting in traffic, but for those on Interstate 285 this weekend, the cause for their delay was unusual: a loose cow on the highway. Police in Dunwoody, Georgia, responded to a traffic jam Saturday morning on the interstate that circles Atlanta around 9 a.m. because a cow was running on
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The movie theater industry has been in desperate need of good news since the beginning of the pandemic. That good news finally came on Sunday thanks to a giant radioactive lizard and an oversized ape. Warner Bros.’ monster mash “Godzilla vs. Kong” brought in the biggest opening weekend of the pandemic era so far. The
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A triple shooting in Virginia Beach, Virginia, left one person dead and two others injured Saturday night, police said. A caller reported gunfire in the 1600 block of Hiawatha Drive around 10 p.m., the Virginia Beach Police Department said. When officers arrived, they found three people were shot. One of the victims was pronounced dead
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Click here for updates on this story PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) — A suspect was arrested for threatening Park Rangers with an ax and shooting a paintball gun at another person in downtown Portland on Saturday, according to Portland Police Bureau. At 10:00 a.m., a person had walked into the Central Precinct and reported being shot
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Vaccine eligibility in the US is expanding quickly, and so is the popularity of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s little white card. While plans to establish standardized vaccination proof are still being developed, many are holding to their Covid-19 vaccine cards as a potential form of social currency. And companies, like Staples and
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Court records show a witness helped police track down a man who was seen on the front porch of a home before it caught fire. A woman who was pulled from the burning home did not survive. A 3-year-old who was also rescued
Continue Reading An elderly Asian woman was stabbed to death while walking her dogs Saturday morning in Riverside, California, police said. But investigators say they don’t think it’s a hate crime. Riverside police received several calls about a woman suffering from stab wounds on Golden Avenue in the city’s La Sierra neighborhood. The woman, 64-year-old Ke Chieh
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) — Millions of Americans are signing up for coronavirus vaccine shots online. But what about those without computer or online access? Morning Star Baptist Church is taking its vaccine clinic a step further, going through hundreds of messages a day to connect people with
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Click here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) — Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn responded to Major League Baseball moving their All-Star game out of Georgia in a series of tweets. After Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a new voting bill into effect that made many changes to the state’s voting laws, Major League
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story NORWICH, CT (WFSB) — Easter service marks the first major gathering since the state eased restrictions. Traditionally, Christmas and Easter services are when churches see a spike in attendance. Perhaps that may be the case tomorrow, but not in ways we’re used to. “Last year this time, Father
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The 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which honor achievement in film and television performances for 2020, will take place this weekend after multiple delays due to the coronavirus pandemic. When do the SAG Awards air? The show will air on Sunday April 4, 2021. Where can you watch the show? The show will be
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President Joe Biden’s roughly $2 trillion jobs proposal that is focused on infrastructure and the climate crisis is a “serious proposal,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday, but more work must be done on the plan to ensure it addresses major issues concerning the nation’s “human infrastructure.” “I think many of us see a crisis in
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story Atlanta, GA (WGCL) — While many Georgians took to household or craft projects to stay busy at home during the pandemic, one metro Atlanta teen did something more unique: he built a real-life roller coaster in his own backyard. Using two-by-fours, PVC pipes, and cinder-blocks, 19-year-old aspiring engineer
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Sheryl Threadgill-Matthews is paying close attention to how a delay in the release of redistricting data by the US Census Bureau could affect Alabama’s Black community. Last month, the Census Bureau announced that it won’t be delivering data that state lawmakers and redistricting commissions use to redraw legislative districts until the end of September 2021.
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